author
Edvin Calamnius
1864–1927
A Finnish customs official who wrote fiction under the pen names Esko Virtala and Esko Waltala, he brought rural life and everyday struggles into his stories with a direct, readable style. His work offers a glimpse of Finnish life around the turn of the twentieth century.
4 Audiobooks
Esko Virtalan esittämiä kertomuksia
by Edvin Calamnius
Kovalle ottaa
by Edvin Calamnius
Titanicin perikato Romantillinen kuvaus "Titanic"-laivan haaksirikosta yöllä vasten 15 päivää huhtikuuta 1912
by Edvin Calamnius
Se oli sallittu
by Edvin Calamnius
About the author
Born in Kemi on June 25, 1864, Edvin Calamnius was a Finnish writer and customs official. He studied in Oulu and later worked in the customs service, serving for many years in Iisalmi and later in Pietarsaari, where he died on March 24, 1927.
As a writer, he is best known for using the pen names Esko Virtala and Esko Waltala. His fiction includes works such as Se oli sallittu and collections of stories published under the Virtala name, and his books often draw on village life, ordinary people, and the social world of rural Finland.
Though not widely known outside Finland today, Calamnius remains an interesting figure for readers of older Finnish literature: a civil servant who also wrote accessible, grounded stories shaped by the places and communities he knew.